---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 483.362"
title: "42"
number: "483.362"
heading: "Monitoring of the resident in and immediately after restraint."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/483.362"
---

# §483.362. Monitoring of the resident in and immediately after restraint.

- (a) Clinical staff trained in the use of emergency safety interventions must be physically present, continually assessing and monitoring the physical and psychological well-being of the resident and the safe use of restraint throughout the duration of the emergency safety intervention.
- (b) If the emergency safety situation continues beyond the time limit of the order for the use of restraint, a registered nurse or other licensed staff, such as a licensed practical nurse, must immediately contact the ordering physician or other licensed practitioner permitted by the state and the facility to order restraint or seclusion to receive further instructions.
- (c) A physician, or other licensed practitioner permitted by the state and the facility to evaluate the resident's well-being and trained in the use of emergency safety interventions, must evaluate the resident's well-being immediately after the restraint is removed.

## Notes

### Amendments

[66 FR 7161, Jan. 22, 2001, as amended at 66 FR 28117, May 22, 2001]

### Source

Source: 66 FR 7161, Jan. 22, 2001, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1302, 1320a-7, 1395i, 1395hh and 1396r.

### Amendments

[66 FR 7161, Jan. 22, 2001, as amended at 66 FR 28117, May 22, 2001]